Obituaries

Dora Margaret McWhirter, age 86 of Birmingham, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at her home.A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 16, 2013 at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Cary and Reverend Phil Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.Visitation for family and friends will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2013 at Behner Funeral Home.Memor...

Bryan Steele, 33, of Fairfield died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013, in Brighton.Arrangements are pending at Grace Funeral Care in Eldon.

Wade Berlin Craff, 78, of Birmingham, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at home.A graveside service is at 10 a.m. Saturday at Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham with the Rev. Larry Smith officiating.Family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Raymond Funeral Home in Birmingham.Memorials may be made to the Birmingham Fire Department or to the family.On line condolences may be sent to the family at www.raymo...

Dorothy May Snyder Weinhold, 92, of St. Ann, Mo., and formerly of Pagedale, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, at Creve Coeur, Mo.A graveside service was held Friday afternoon at Memorial Park Cemetery in Jennings, Mo., following visitation at Baumann Colonial Chapel in Overland, Mo.Memorials may be made to the St. Louis Society for the Blind and Visually Impaired.An online guest book is available at www.baumann...

Shirley P. Dingus, 85, of Fort Madison and formerly of Keosauqua, died at 9:20 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at Fort Madison Health Center.Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

David Boughton, 52 of Cantril, died at 6:22 p.m. Sunday at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

Thora Evangeline Jones, 101, of Brighton, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Halcyon House in Washington, Iowa.The funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Brighton United Church, with the Rev. Rick Zickefoose officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Brighton.Visitation opens at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the family present 5:30-7 p.m.Memorials to Brighton United Church or ...

Kenneth ?Kenny? Baker, 79, of Mission, Texas, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at home.A graveside memorial service will be held at a later date.Mr. Baker was born April 14, 1933, in Fairfield, the twin son of Samuel Ross ?Frank? and Ophelia ?Offie? Snyder Baker.He married Beverly Calhoun, they later divorced. He married Marie Fishel. She died in June of 1997.He retired from FALCO where he had worked 47 years. ...

Merlin Rex Graby, age 85, of Murfreesboro, TN died at home on Tuesday, January 22, 2013.The funeral will be 4:00 pm Sunday at Franklin Road Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Norris officiating. Private family burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Franklin Road Baptist Church.Mr. Graby was born October 1, 1927 in Fairfield, Iowa to the late Rex Henry and Edna Mae (Krumboltz) Graby.Fol...

Kenneth Elmer Baker, 79, of Mission, Texas, and formerly of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013, at his home.A graveside service is being planned for a later date.